We've considered this option, but two things are the main issues here:

-advertisers hate unmoderated pages
-I see horror images in my nightmares of hundreds of newbies coming into IRC channels/chatrooms and _DEMANDING_ people/staff to reply to their questions _IMMEDIATELY_

...as a sidenote, we have a friendly bs-chat going on almost 24/7 at #afterdawn channel at IRCNet (not efnet, we're Europeans). You're welcome to visit, provided that YOU DON'T ASK ANYTHING RELATED TO DIGITAL VIDEO ;-)

"Digital Video"? What's that? Where can I find some? Do you have some here? Is it sorta like 'digital audio'? Should I get both, or is just one enough? What's it for? What does it do? Can I download some here? Will I need to buy a computer?

(What's a computer?)

Please send full, detailed report as soon as possible, as I am thinking of buying a computer, whatever that is.